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New Year, New Tee: Get Fit, Reduce Stress, and Be Involved at Fota Island Resort

Have you vowed to make 2020 your #newyearnewme year?

Do you want to get fit, expand your social circle, release stress and increase mental alertness?

The 5-Star Fota Island Resort has the solution with a range of specially designed packages for everyone from absolute beginners to couples or ladies looking to lift their game to a new level.

Combat screen-time for your little ones, with 12-month memberships available for boys and girls from 6-12 years old, including weekly lessons during school term, and additional summer and mid-term camps ideal for getting them out in the fresh air and keeping them active.

With on-course competitions designed to introduce young golfers to the game at our championship Cork golf club, the 12 month Junior Golf package is available for €600 per child excluding clubs, or €850 for the Prodigy Package which includes a set of Ping golf clubs. Junior golf packages also include an introduction to TPI fitness, the golf-specific health, fitness and swing advice from Titleist Performance Institute created to emphasize the importance of the individual’s body and how it relates to the most efficient swing.

Golfing from a young age is fundamental in youth development, teaching lifelong skills such as patience, confidence, and socializing. Plus, most importantly, it’s fun! Eager to get involved in the action? The kids aren’t the only ones that can join in.

A 12 month membership designed to introduce couples or a parent and child to the game for the first time is also available. With 10 one-hour golf lessons that cover everything from rules to swing, putting and etiquette it’s an excellent way to learn a new skill together and spend that much-needed bonding time together too.

The Introduction to Golf for Parent & Child also includes the use of the Academy facilities as well as the Barryscourt 9 holes after the first 7 lessons have been completed. The cost per pair is €1,300 per year.

Looking to enhance yourself?

It’s time to get fit, reduce stress, and be part of something far more than just a game. Experience an array of health and wellness benefits for women through golf.

Fota Island Resort offers amazing packages for women looking to go beyond the game and create a new lifestyle. With on-course instruction included, lessons for women include your long and short game, bunker play and putting as well as skill testing and etiquette.

The Ladies Packages also include Fota Island Golf Academy membership, on-course playing time, an introduction to TPI golf fitness and use of clubs with the option to buy at the end of the year.

Fota Island Resort will host two information days for people curious to know more and take a step in the right direction, towards better health, this January!

Gather your pals or come along solo and enjoy a cocktail and some nibbles as the team at Fota Island Resort chat through the health and fitness benefits of golf for women, as well as the packages available at Fota Island Golf Academy.

For those committed to spending more time together, Parent & Child membership at Fota Island Golf Club is available to any family member wishing to learn something new with the child in their life – so whether that’s granny & grandchild, big sister and little brother or uncle & niece, Fota Island Resort is the place to celebrate all those special bonds in family life.